Inside the Seven Treasures Hall, Tianlin and Ning Rongrong took the pills and sat cross-legged to absorb the medicinal power.
Since Ning Rongrong had only previously taken the Heaven Mending Pill, made from the Beautiful Silk Tulip, the medicinal power in her body was far less than that in Tianlin, who had absorbed three immortal-grade medicines. Soon, the two medicines in her body began to merge.
A crimson glow flickered over Ning Rongrong, while the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda hovered in her palm, making her look like a goddess.
This pill mainly enhanced the Heaven Mending Pill's effects, so the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda was also affected. Although it didn't evolve further, it reached the pinnacle of top-grade martial spirits, second only to god-level martial souls.
As the glow faded, Ning Rongrong opened her eyes. Bai Chenxiang stepped forward to help her up. "Rongrong, how do you feel? You were glowing so beautifully just now."
Ning Rongrong smiled. "I feel great! Sword Brother was right—this is indeed a very gentle medicine. I didn't feel any discomfort at all. I could clearly feel my martial spirit, soul power, and body all growing stronger, and the residual power of the Heaven Mending Pill was fully activated. My level has now broken through sixty, and not only has my cultivation speed not slowed, it's actually increased."
Everyone was full of envy. As expected of a divine pill, the effects were monstrous.
Bai Chenxiang almost couldn't resist swallowing her pill immediately, but remembering Tianlin's instructions—that the Immortal Spirit Pill should be taken together with other pills for maximum effect—she restrained herself. She didn't want to waste Tianlin's kindness.
"Is Sword Brother still absorbing the pill?" Ning Rongrong looked at Tianlin. "He's taken three immortal-grade medicines before, so his medicinal power is three times mine. I wonder what level he'll reach if he activates it all with this pill."
At this moment, Tianlin was immersed in his spiritual sea. The first medicine the Immortal Spirit Pill merged with was the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
Tianlin could clearly sense his external soul bone, the Flame Golden Eye, growing stronger.
As his cultivation rose, empowered by the immortal medicine and the Blue Spirit Sacred Eye technique, the age of this external soul bone had already increased to the equivalent of a forty- to fifty-thousand-year soul bone.
With this new enhancement, Tianlin estimated it would reach at least sixty thousand years—almost on par with his current million-year skull bone.
With every level Tianlin gained, the Skydream Iceworm unlocked more of the seals on his soul rings and bones. At this point, his million-year soul ring and bone could almost display sixty-thousand-year power.
An extraordinary phenomenon occurred: as his external soul bone and skull bone reached the same level, they seemed to resonate and begin to fuse.
Outside, everyone could see a million-year skull bone manifesting on Tianlin's head, gradually solidifying into a silver-white helmet.
"This is…!" Ning Fengzhi was surprised and delighted. "Soul bone fusion technique—soul bone armor!"
"Xiao Tian has finally completed the first step of the soul bone armor. My research was correct—external soul bones can act as a bridge connecting all the bones. Previously, the Flame Golden Eye was too weak compared to the million-year skull bone to form a link."
"Xiao Tian, follow my chant. Use your Flame Golden Eye to link all your soul bones." Ning Fengzhi sat opposite Tianlin, guiding him through the fusion.
Tianlin could clearly hear Ning Fengzhi's voice. Following his guidance, he activated all his soul bones.
The Blue Silver Emperor left arm bone, Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear right arm bone, and Storm Demon Wolf right leg bone all resonated with the Flame Golden Eye.
Soon, a set of silver-white armor, excluding the torso and left leg, covered Tianlin.
"This looks just like General Feipeng's armor!" exclaimed the descendant of Nuwa.
"My god, I feel like Xiao Tian in this state could defeat Tang Hao alone without relying on the War God or Mountain God. The boost from soul bone armor is far greater than the Martial Soul True Body," the Skydream Iceworm said excitedly, fully sensing Tianlin's strength.
But Nuwa's descendant shook her head. "Not quite. Although the soul bone armor is powerful, the disparity in the ages of his bones causes an imbalance, making it hard to use the armor's full power for long. He needs to use the Soul Tempering method to raise the ages of the other bones—at least the skull, external bone, and torso bone to a million years, and all limbs above fifty thousand years—to wield the armor perfectly."
"And once he completes the Asura God's trial, this armor could become a super artifact, a new Asura God Set!"
"The requirements are so high… but with Xiao Tian, I'm sure he can do it!" the Skydream Iceworm said confidently. He had witnessed Tianlin's path to power and had never seen him fail.
Another hour passed, and the Immortal Spirit Pill began fusing and enhancing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot—both body-strengthening herbs.
With his current physique, Tianlin could now absorb a forty-thousand-year soul ring even without using the Holy Spirit Domain.
Coincidentally, his level had reached eighty!
The medicinal power was fully activated. After reaching his physical limit, his soul power also surged.
He had previously dropped to level seventy-seven after saving Oslo, but with a month of cultivation he'd returned to level seventy-eight, and now, with the pill's help, he broke through the last two levels.
Now he just needed to hunt the eighth soul ring for his Demon Sword, and he would be a genuine Soul Douluo.
"Level eighty… Too bad, my Asura God is so stingy. Even the Sea God gives out god-bestowed soul rings, but me? I still have to figure out what kind of soul beast to hunt."
At moments like this, Tianlin would start muttering.
Normally, the Asura God didn't pay constant attention to him, but with the successor breaking through to eighty and manifesting soul bone armor, how could he not notice?
He hadn't expected Tianlin to grumble about his stinginess. This successor was perfect, except for his habit of calling him cheap.
"Brat, just wait. Once that soul ring is complete, let's see if you still call me stingy," the Asura God grumbled.
It wasn't hard for him to create a god-bestowed soul ring, but ordinary ones weren't worthy of his style.
Since Tianlin needed the five elements—fire, water, wind, thunder, and earth—the Asura God called on the five elemental gods to help create an unprecedented, ultimate god-bestowed soul ring.